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bul⋅bous

  [buhl-buhs]
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–adjective
1. bulb-shaped; bulging.
2. having or growing from bulbs.
Also, bul⋅ba⋅ceous  [buhl-bey-shuhs] .

Origin:
1570–80; < L bulbōsus. See bulb, -ous

Related forms:
bul⋅bous⋅ly, adverb
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bul·bous   (bŭl'bəs)   
adj.  

  1. Resembling a bulb in shape; rounded or swollen: a bulbous nose; a bulbous stem base.

  2. Botany Bearing bulbs or growing from a bulb.

bul'bous·ly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: bul·bous
Pronunciation: 'b&l-b&s
Function: adjective
: resembling a bulb especially in roundness or the gross enlargement of apart bulbous expansion at the base of a hair>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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